Events

Stories Around the Table: Elegies and Confessions

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Monday May 23, 2022 at 7PM An innovative evening of true and almost true stories... Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St New York, NY 10014 enter through courtyard MASKS REQUIRED: WRITERS Karen Ludwig KAREN LUDWIG performs, directs and teaches in New York and L.A. Her B’way credits include Prelude to a Kiss with Steve Guttenberg […]

An Evening with Four Westbeth Poets

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Griselda Steiner is a poet, playwright, feature article and screenplay writer. Her poetry compilation The Silent Power of Words is currently available on Amazon. She has read her poetry at the Cornelia Street Café, Episcopal Actors Guild, 92Y Tribeca Café, Duplex Club, Poetry House and Mexican Consulate, New York City. Her poems are published in […]

Voices of the New Belarus: Steve Clorfeine and Steve Wangh filmmakers

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Voices of the New Belarus is a documentary film that premiered at the Hong Kong festival “Art on the Edge—Fear Not” in September 2022. It is based on a series of interviews, testimonies and letters from Belarusian dissidents who were arrested, beaten, jailed, even murdered during the 2020-21 uprising in Belarus. As the war in […]

Banned Books: A Lively Evening of Readings and Discussion

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

The rise of book banning in America's schools and public libraries is headline news. Join us to talk about some of those books: The Kite Runner, Maus, books by Alison Bechdel and Judy Blume, and more. Tues Oct 10, 2023 at 7PM Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St enter through courtyard New York, NY

Stories Around the Table: LOST AND FOUND

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Thurs Nov 16, 2023 at 7PM Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St New York, NY 10014 enter through courtyard Storytellers: Karen Ludwig Karen performs, directs and teaches in New York and L.A.Her B’way credits include Prelude to a Kiss with Steve Guttenberg and John Randolph, Broadway Bound with Joan Rivers, The Devils with Anne Bancroft, […]

Transformation:
An Evening of Poetry, Prose and Music

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Tuesday Feb 20, 2024 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 55 Bethune St NY NY, 100134 An evening of original prose and poetry about change with a musical interlude presented by Westbeth Literary Arts Committee Program 1. Barbara Rosenthal.......The Peacock Who Declared Himself King 2. Terence Burk.................Grandma, I Love You 3. Leigh Stuart...................The Oyster 4. Anna […]

MIRIAM CHAIKIN WRITING AWARD WINNERS EVENING

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Click to enlarge Thursday May 2, 2024. (time to be determined) Westbeth Community Rm 155 Bank St Enter through courtyard New York, NY 10014 Works in Poetry will be read by Terence Burk, Beth Griffith and Joel Rooks Winner in Prose: Sheena Daree Romero is an essayist, humorist, and doodler based in New York City. […]

Stories Around the Table: Coming and Going with Karen Ludwig, Nancy Gabor, Joyce Aaron, Joan Hall, Dawn D’Arcy and Diane Spodarek

Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 7pm Westbeth Community Room 155 Bank St enter through courtyard New York, NY 10014 STORIES AROUND THE TABLE began many years ago as a Word of Mouth project by Karen Ludwig for actors and writers. Over the years and under her guidance it has evolved into a literary group of […]